C - Chemistry – Metallurgy – 12 – N
Patent
C - Chemistry, Metallurgy
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C12N 7/00 (2006.01) C12N 5/071 (2010.01) A61K 39/155 (2006.01) A61K 39/42 (2006.01) C07H 21/00 (2006.01) C07K 14/115 (2006.01) C07K 16/10 (2006.01) C12N 7/01 (2006.01) C12N 15/45 (2006.01) C12N 15/85 (2006.01) C12Q 1/00 (2006.01) C12Q 1/68 (2006.01) C12Q 1/70 (2006.01) G01N 33/569 (2006.01)
Patent
CA 2436208
The present invention is based on the discovery of a novel human virus that has been designated as a Cryptovirus, which falls within the Rubulavirus genus of the Paramyxoviridae. Disclosed are isolated Cryptovirus-specific nucleic acids, nucleic acid constructs containing the Cryptovirus-specific nucleic acids, Cryptovirus-specific proteins, isolatedCryptovirus particles, isolated anti-Cryptovirus antibodies, and compositions containing them. Uses for manufacturing a vaccine or a medicament are also disclosed. Also disclosed are inventive vectors containing the Cryptovirus-specific nucleic acids and host cells containing the vectors. Methods if isolating and propagating Cryptovirus are disclosed, as are methods of producing a mammalian cell line acutely or non productively infected with Cryptovirus; such cells are disclosed. Disclosed also are methods of detecting Cryptovirus particles, proteins or anti-Cryptovirus antibodies in a sample of a biological material. In vitro and in vivo screening methods for identifying potential antiviral therapeutic or prophylactic agents are disclosed. Methods of detecting a Cryptovirus infection in a mammal are disclosed. Methods of detecting Cryptovirus infection in a mammal are disclosed. Also disclosed is an animal model for human diseases, such as neurological, neurodegenerative, and/or neuropsychiatric diseases, including epileptiform diseases (e.g., epilepsy, multiple sclerosis, chronic fatigue syndrome, and subacute sclerosing panencephalitis).
L'invention se rapporte à la découverte d'un nouveau virus humain qui a été désigné comme étant un Cryptovirus, se classant dans le genre Rubulavirus des Paramyxoviridae. L'invention concerne des acides nucléiques spécifiques de Cryptovirus isolés, des acides nucléiques recombinés contenant les acides nucléiques spécifiques de Cryptovirus, des protéines spécifiques de Cryptovirus, des particules de Cryptovirus isolées, des anticorps anti-Cryptovirus isolés, et des compositions contenant ceux-ci, ainsi que leurs utilisations pour la préparation d'un vaccin ou d'un médicament. L'invention concerne également de nouveaux vecteurs contenant les acides nucléiques spécifiques de Cryptovirus et des cellules hôtes contenant ces vecteurs. L'invention concerne encore des procédés d'isolement et de multiplication de Cryptovirus, ainsi que des procédés permettant de produire une lignée cellulaire de mammifères infectés de manière aiguë ou de manière non productive par Cryptovirus, ainsi que les cellules résultantes. L'invention concerne en outre des procédés permettant la détection de particules et de protéines de Cryptovirus ou des anticorps anti- Cryptovirus dans un échantillon de matériau biologique, des procédés de criblage In vitro et in vivo permettant d'identifier des agents thérapeutiques ou prophylactiques antiviraux potentiels, des procédés permettant de détecter une infection à Cryptovirus chez un mammifère. Enfin l'invention concerne un modèle animal pour des pathologies humaines telles que les pathologies neurodégénératives, et/ou neuropsychiatriques, y compris les pathologies épileptiformes (p. ex. épilepsie, sclérose en plaques, syndrome de fatigue chronique et panencéphalite subaiguë sclérosante).
Cryptic Afflictions Llc
Deeth Williams Wall Llp
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